Bottle



(No Model.)

P. A. CAMPBELL.

BOTTLE. 7 No. 586,475 Patented July 13,1897.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

PARDON A. CAMPBELL, OF POLLASKY, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,475, dated July 13,1897.

Application filed October 10, 1896. Serial No. 608,467. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern;

Be it known that I, PARDON A. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing'at Pollasky, in the county of Fresno and State ofOalifornia,have in vented certain new and usef ul Improvements inBottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bottles, my object being to provide a bottlewhich cannot be emptied and refilled without such operation showing.

A further object is to provide an attachment which can be applied tobottles to prevent the unauthorized refilling of the same.

To these ends the invention consists in the various matters hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1is a perspective of a bottle-neck constructed in accordance with thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional elevation of said neck.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents the neckof a bottle, said neck being provided at a suitable point with a flaredportion a, above which the neck is slightly widened to the mouth, as ata. The flared portion or bead a has at points opposite each otheropenings a for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned, and preferablythis bead is made of thin glass, which can be easily broken.

The cork B being inserted into the neck of the bottle, as shown in Fig.2, a portion of the same will extend into the bead and thus tend to holdsaid cork securely in place. As the head is of thin glass, the neckabove said bead is slightly larger than the remainder of the neck, sothat the cork can be easily inserted without any undue strain upon thethin bead. Members are provided for holding this cork in place and alsofor withdrawing the same when necessary. These members comprise a pin 1,extending through the cork and the openings a in the bead, a yoke 2being placed upon the ends of said pin, after which said ends 3 are bentover to lie upon the bead (L The yoke 2 comprises a top member 4, whichextends across the mouth of the bottle, and side arms 5, upon which areformed eyes 6, from which the wire composing the yoke is extended in acurve 7 to lie about the neck of the bottle, said curve having a point 8bent up therein, which point lies against the under side of the bead (LThe side arms 5 lie upon the side of the ends 3 next to the point 8. Alabel will be placed around the neck of the bottle inclosing the membersfor holding the cork and withdrawing the same, so that said memberscannot be tampered with unless the label is broken.

The cork being held in place by means of the pin 1 passing through thebottle-neck, in

order to empty the bottle the cross member 4 is pulled downwardly awayfrom the side of the neck upon which the point 8 is located, and thusthe yoke member 2 becomes a lever pivoted upon the pin 1, the point 8bearing against the lower side of the bead, while the side arms 5 bearagainst the upturned ends of the pin 1 and force said ends downwardlyupon the bead. In this way the bead is broken, and the upper portion ofthe neck of the bottle falls from its place. The glass having beenshaken from the cork, said cork can now be withdrawn by pulling upwardlyupon the yoke member. Of course the bottle cannot now be refilled andthe cork inserted without showing that the bottle has been used once.

By inserting the cork below the bead fragments of glass are preventedfrom falling into the bottle-neck and becoming mixed with the liquid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inabottle, aneck having openings therein, a cork in said neck lyingacross the openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, and meansprovided upon said pin whereby the bottle-neck can be broken to free thepin from the neck, substantially as described. 4

2. In a bottle, a neck having a portion of thin material, said portionbeing provided with openings, a cork in the neck across said openings, apin through said openings and the cork, -and means pivoted upon said pinwhereby the thin portion of the neck can be broken, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bottle, a neck having openings in the side thereof, a cork inthe neck over said openings, a pin through said openings and the cork, amember lying against the bottleneck and pivoted to the pin, and armsex-- 'tending from said member, whereby the against the neck, and armsextending from said member Wherebyit can be forced against thebottle-neck to break the same and permit the cork to be withdrawn,substantially as described.

5. In a bottle, a neck having openings in the sides thereof, a cork insaid neck over said openings, a pin extending through said openings andthe cork, and a yoke pivoted upon said pin, said yoke having a topportion, arms extending from said top portion, eyes upon said arms, anda curved portion extending from the sides, said curved portion beingprovided with a point adapted to bear against the bottle-neck and breakthe same whereby the cork can be Withdrawn, substantially as described.

6. In a bottle, a neck having abead thereon, said head being providedwith openings in the sides thereof, a cork in said neck over theopenings, a pin through said openings and the cork, said pin having itsends upturned and lying upon' the bead, and arms upon the pin wherebythe upturned ends can be forced upon the bead to break the same and thuspermit the Withdrawal of the cork, substantially as described.

7. In a bottle, a neck, ahead formed upon said neck, said bead havingopenings in the sides thereof, a cork in said neck across said openings,a pin through said openings and the cork, said pin having upturned endslying upon the bead, a member pivoted upon said pin and lying about thebottle-neck, said member bearing against the under side of the bead, andarms extending from said member across the upturned ends of the pin,said arms lying on the side of the pin ends next to the member bearingagainst the under side of the bead, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

PARD ON A. CAMPBELL.

IVitnesses:

A. RUTHERFORD, BENJ. S. PARKER.

